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7:40 AM ET, March 13, 2017

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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Big Winner in Donald Trump's Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert Murdoch  —  Throughout his six-decade career working on three continents, Rupert Murdoch has used his media properties to advance the prospects of politicians whose policies help his business interests.
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Wall Street Journal:
Preet Bharara's Probes Likely to Continue After His Exit  —  Long-term direction of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is unclear  —  The sudden departure of Preet Bharara, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, isn't likely to change the course of several high-profile investigations …
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Media Matters for America:
US Attorney Preet Bharara Was Investigating Fox News When Trump Fired Him  —  Fox News Faced Numerous Sexual Assault And Harassment Allegations  —  Ailes Left Fox News Amid Flurry Of Sexual Harassment Allegations.  In early July, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson sued the network's CEO …
New York Times:
Preet Bharara Shunned Politics. His End Was Tinged by Them.
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
David Edwards / Raw Story:
US Attorney fired by Trump was banned from entering Russia by Vladimir Putin
Discussion: New York Daily News
Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
Sean Spicer ambushed while shopping at the Apple Store  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer was accosted while shopping at an Apple store in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.  —  “How does it feel to work for a fascist?  Have you helped with the Russia stuff?  Are you a criminal as well?
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Tom Price is lying about the GOP health plan  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price made a bold promise during a Sunday morning interview with Meet the Press.  “Nobody will be worse off financially” under the Republicans' new health care plan, he boasted.  —  Let's be clear: This is a lie.
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Axios:
The risks Republicans are taking with Trumpcare  —  It was never a secret that Republicans would take a risk by repealing Obamacare, as unpopular as it was, and taking ownership of what happens next.  But it's striking just how many political dangers they're putting themselves in — and how they're ignoring pretty much all of them.
Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:   Trump supporters in the heartland fear being left behind by GOP health plan
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce  —  President Trump's budget proposal this week would shake the federal government to its core if enacted, culling back numerous programs and expediting a historic contraction of the federal workforce.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Another key Republican senator knocks GOP Obamacare plan  —  Sen. Dean Heller panned House Speaker Paul Ryan's bill to repeal and replace Obamacare during a closed meeting with constituents on Saturday, according to audio obtained by POLITICO.  —  The remarks by Heller …
Discussion: LasVegasSun.com and Balloon Juice
Axios:
Scoop: Trump to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago  —  President Trump plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the gold-plated Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida next month for a lowering-the-temperature summit with vast economic and security implications, Axios has learned.
Mike Kelly / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign  —  ALPINE, N.J. — The White House is offering yet another wrinkle in its attempt to support President Trump's allegation — unfounded, so far — that his campaign headquarters in Manhattan was wiretapped by the Obama administration.
Ari Melber / NBC News:
After Pledging to Donate Salary, Trump Declines to Release Proof  —  President Donald Trump pledged to forego a presidential salary, but as his second payday approaches, the White House is declining to say if the president has donated any of his earnings yet.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Trump Lets Key Offices Gather Dust Amid ‘Slowest Transition in Decades’  —  WASHINGTON — At the State Department, the normally pulsating hub of executive offices is hushed and virtually empty.  At the Pentagon, military missions in some of the world's most troubled places are being run …
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Jill Disis / CNNMoney:
Trump's budget director claims Obama was ‘manipulating’ jobs data  —  President Trump's budget director claims the Obama administration was “manipulating” jobs data.  —  Mick Mulvaney told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday that he has long thought the previous administration framed data …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Holder, Pelosi, McAuliffe start redistricting fundraising  —  Before they get to redistricting reform, they'll need cash.  —  Democrats leading the party's new effort to coordinate political and legal resources to redraw state legislatures' and House of Representatives' maps will kick off …
Austin Wright / Politico:
House investigators on a Trump-Russia ‘collision course’  —  Adam Schiff says Russia's effort to sway the election for President Donald Trump is one of the most serious issues of our time.  Devin Nunes isn't even convinced Russia tried to help Trump.  —  As Nunes and Schiff …
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps?  —  At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites.  The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat.  —  In normal times, White House press briefings make for boring television.
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
83% Of America's Top High School Science Students Are The Children Of Immigrants  —  What would we lose if immigrants could no longer come to America?  Surprisingly, one of the most important things America would lose is the contributions made by their children.
Kevin Lamarque / National Review:
Trump's Skeletal Crew  —  The administration needs to pick up the pace of hiring.  —  President Trump and his allies have lots of complaints about Democrats' holding up White House appointees.  “Their underlying goal is to allow remaining Obama-appointed bureaucrats to do as much damage …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
L.A. Gay Pride Parade to Be Replaced by Anti-Trump March
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Islamic State's German Magazine Tells Fighters To Kill ‘Apostate’ Imams
Discussion: Geller Report
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Employees who decline genetic testing could face penalties under proposed bill
Discussion: Politicus USA
New York Times:
Trump Administration Is Said to Be Working to Loosen Counterterrorism Rules
Elliot Hannon / Slate:
GOP Congressman's White Supremacist Tweet: “We Can't Restore Our Civilization With Somebody Else's Babies.”
New York Times:
Russian Espionage Piggybacks on a Cybercriminal's Hacking
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
Donald Trump Jr: At Fundraiser, President's Son Says ‘Zero Contact’ With Dad
Discussion: Political Wire
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Paul Sonne / Wall Street Journal:
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